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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 1 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Bruce Mayer, PE Licensed Electrical & Mechanical Engineer BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu Chabot Mathematics §5.3 GCF Grouping
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 2 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Review § Any QUESTIONS About §5.2 → PolyNomial Multiplication Any QUESTIONS About HomeWork §5.2 → HW-17 5.2 MTH 55
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 3 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics PolyNomial Factoring Defined To factor a polynomial is to find an equivalent expression that is a product. An equivalent expression of this type is called a factorization of the polynomial Factoring Breaks an algebraic expression into its simplest pieces –“Simplest” Smallest Powers
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 4 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Example Factoring Monomials Find three factorizations of 24x 3. SOLUTION a) 24x 3 = (6 4)(x x 2 ) = 6x 4x 2 b) 24x 3 = (6 4)(x 2 x) = 6x 2 4x c) 24x 3 = ((−6)(−4))x 3 = (−6)(−4x 3 )
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 5 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Greatest Common Factor (GCF) Find the prime factorization of 105 & 60 Use Factor-Tree 105 521 37 60 230 215 35
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 6 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Example GCF Thus Recognize the Factors that both numbers have in COMMON The GREATEST Common Factor is the PRODUCT of all the COMMON Factors In This Case the GCF:
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 7 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Examples GCF Find the GCF for Monomials: 14p 4 q and 35pq 3 The Prime Factorizations 14p 4 q = 2 7 p p p p q 35pq 3 = 5 7 p q q q Thus the GCF = 7 p q = 7pq
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 8 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Examples GCF Find the GCF for Three Monomials: 15x 2 30xy 2 57x 3 y The Prime Factorizations 15x 2 = 3 5 x x 30xy 2 = 2 3 5 x y y 57x 3 y = 3 19 x x x y Thus the GCF = 3 x = 3x ID the Common Factors
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 9 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Factoring When Terms Have a Common Factor To factor a polynomial with two or more terms of the form ab + ac, we use the distributive law with the sides of the equation switched: ab + ac = a(b + c). MultiplyFactor 4x(x 2 + 3x − 4) 4x 3 + 12x 2 − 16x = 4x x 2 + 4x 3x − 4x 4 = 4x x 2 + 4x 3x − 4x 4 = 4x 3 + 12x 2 − 16x= 4x(x 2 + 3x − 4)
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 10 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Example Factor by Distributive Factor: 9a − 21 SOLUTION The prime factorization of 9a is 3 3 a The prime factorization of 21 is 3 7 The largest common factor is 3. 9a − 21 = 3 3a − 3 7 (UNdist the 3) = 3(3a − 7) Chk: 3(3a − 7) = 3 3a − 3 7 = 9a − 21
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 11 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Example Factor by Distributive Factor: 28x 6 + 32x 3. SOLUTION The prime factorization of 28x 6 is 2 2 7 x x x x x x The prime factorization of 32x 3 is 2 2 2 2 2 x x x The largest common factor is 2 2 x x x or 4x 3. 28x 6 + 32x 3 = (4x 3 7x ) + (4x 3 8) = 4x 3 (7x 3 + 8)
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 12 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Factor 12x 5 − 21x 4 + 24x 3 The prime factorization of 12x 5 is 2 2 3 x x x x x The prime factorization of 21x 4 is 3 7 x x x x The prime factorization of 24x 3 is 2 2 2 3 x x x The largest common factor is 3 x x x or 3x 3. 12x 5 – 21x 4 + 24x 3 = 3x 3 4x 2 – 3x 3 7x + 3x 3 8 = 3 x x x 2 2 x x = 3 x x x 7 x = 3 x x x 2 2 2 = 3x 3 (4x 2 – 7x + 8)
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 13 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Example Distributive factoring Factor: 9a 3 b 4 + 18a 2 b 3 SOLUTION The Prime Factorizations: The Greatest Common Factor is 9a 2 b 3 Distributing OUT the GCF Produces the factorization: 9a 3 b 4 + 18a 2 b 3 = 9a 2 b 3 (ab + 2)
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 14 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Example Distributive factoring Factor: −4xy + 8xw − 12x SOLUTION The Expanded Factorizations −4xy = −4x y +8xw = − 2 −4x w − 12x = 3 −4x Thus the Factored expression: −4xy + 8xw − 12x = −4x(y − 2w + 3)
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 15 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Factoring Out a Negative GCF When the coefficient of the term of greatest degree is negative, it is sometimes preferable to factor out the −1 that is understood along with the GCF e.g. Factor Out the GCF for Factor out only the 3. Or factor out the – 3 Both are Correct
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 16 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics PolyNomial Factoring Tips Factor out the Greatest Common Factor (GCF), if one exists. The GCF multiplies a polynomial with the same number of terms as the original polynomial. Factoring can always be checked by multiplying. Multiplication should yield the original polynomial.
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 17 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Factoring by GROUPING Sometimes algebraic expressions contain a common factor with two or more terms. Example: Factor x 2 (x + 2) + 3(x + 2) SOLUTION: The binomial (x + 2) is a factor of BOTH x 2 (x + 2) & 3(x + 2). Thus, (x + 2) is a common factor; so x 2 (x + 2) + 3(x + 2) = (x + 2)x 2 + (x + 2)3 = (x + 2)(x 2 + 3)
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 18 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Grouping Game Plan If a polynomial can be split into groups of terms and the groups share a common factor, then the original polynomial can be factored. This method, known as factoring by grouping, can be tried on any polynomial with four or more terms
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 19 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Examples Grouping Factor by grouping. a) 3x 3 + 9x 2 + x + 3 b) 9x 4 + 6x − 27x 3 − 18 Solution a) 3x 3 + 9x 2 + x + 3 = (3x 3 + 9x 2 ) + (x + 3) = 3x 2 (x + 3) + 1(x + 3) = (x + 3)(3x 2 + 1) Don’t Forget the “1”
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 20 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Examples Grouping Factor by grouping. a) 3x 3 + 9x 2 + x + 3 b) 9x 4 + 6x − 27x 3 − 18 Solution b) 9x 4 + 6x − 27x 3 − 18 = (9x 4 + 6x) + (−27x 3 − 18) = 3x(3x 3 + 2) + (−9)(3x 3 + 2) = (3x 3 + 2)(3x − 9)
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 21 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Example Grouping Factor: y 5 + 5y 3 + 3y 2 + 15 SOLUTION y 5 + 5y 3 + 3y 2 + 15 = (y 5 + 5y 3 ) + (3y 2 + 15) = y 3 (y 2 + 5) + 3(y 2 + 5) = (y 2 + 5) (y 3 + 3) Grouping Factoring each binomial Factoring out the common factor (a BiNomial)
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 22 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Factor Factor 4ab + 2ac + 8xb + 4xc Try grouping terms which have something in common. Often, this can be done in more than one way. For example or Grp-1Grp-2 a’s & x’s Groupingb’s & c’s Grouping
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 23 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Factor Factor 4ab + 2ac + 8xb + 4xc Next, find the greatest common factor for the polynomial in each set of parentheses. The GCF for (4ab + 2ac) is 2a The GCF for (8xb + 4xc) is 4x The GCF for (4ab + 8xb) is 4b The GCF for (2ac + 4xc) is 2c Grouping Set-1Grouping Set-2
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 24 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Factor Factor 4ab + 2ac + 8xb + 4xc Write each of the polynomials in parentheses as the product of the GCF and the remaining polynomial Apply the distributive property to any common factors
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 25 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Factor Factor 4ab + 2ac + 8xb + 4xc Examine the Factorizations Notice that it did not matter how the terms were originally grouped, the factored forms of the polynomials are IDENTICAL
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 26 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics WhiteBoard Work Problems From §5.3 Exercise Set 22, 32, 52, 56, 68, 84 Factor by Grouping
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 27 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics All Done for Today Factoring 4-Term Polynomials
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 28 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Bruce Mayer, PE Licensed Electrical & Mechanical Engineer BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu Chabot Mathematics Appendix –
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 29 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 30 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Graph y = |x| Make T-table
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 31 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics
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BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu MTH55_Lec-22_sec_5-3_GCF-n-Grouping.ppt 32 Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics Factor Factor 4ab + 2ac + 8xb + 4xc Divide each polynomial in parentheses by the GCF
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